Simulation of polymer flooding in one of the Iranian oil fields
Polymer flooding is the most important enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process, improving the water–oil mobility ratio. Polymers act basically increasing the viscosity of the injected water and reducing the swept zone permeability, allowing an increase in the vertical and areal sweep efficiency of the w...
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| author | Mehdi Mohammad Salehi Abdolvahid Hekmatzadeh Valy Ahmad Sajjadian Mohammad Masoumi |
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| description | Polymer flooding is the most important enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process, improving the water–oil mobility ratio. Polymers act basically increasing the viscosity of the injected water and reducing the swept zone permeability, allowing an increase in the vertical and areal sweep efficiency of the water injection, and, consequently, increasing oil recovery.
In this study, initially based on experimental work the polymer properties were enhanced using the amount of Nano clay to fixed concentration of polymer. Then the polymer flooding was simulated and comparisons were made between obtained results of polymer flooding simulated with water natural depletion and water flooding process in different scenarios.
This study shows the optimum concentration of Nano clay could improve polymer properties. Results also show that the polymer flooding scenario has higher oil recovery in comparison to other displacement methods such as natural depletion and water flooding. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fe5e77eb20d84c58b0a245aeeab6d8d92025-08-20T03:25:46ZengEgyptian Petroleum Research InstituteEgyptian Journal of Petroleum1110-06212017-06-0126232533010.1016/j.ejpe.2016.05.001Simulation of polymer flooding in one of the Iranian oil fieldsMehdi Mohammad Salehi0Abdolvahid Hekmatzadeh1Valy Ahmad Sajjadian2Mohammad Masoumi3Department of Chemical Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, IranScience & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, IranArvandan Oil & Gas (Research Center), IranDepartment of Petroleum Engineering, Omidiyeh Branch, Azad University, Omidiyeh, IranPolymer flooding is the most important enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process, improving the water–oil mobility ratio. Polymers act basically increasing the viscosity of the injected water and reducing the swept zone permeability, allowing an increase in the vertical and areal sweep efficiency of the water injection, and, consequently, increasing oil recovery. In this study, initially based on experimental work the polymer properties were enhanced using the amount of Nano clay to fixed concentration of polymer. Then the polymer flooding was simulated and comparisons were made between obtained results of polymer flooding simulated with water natural depletion and water flooding process in different scenarios. This study shows the optimum concentration of Nano clay could improve polymer properties. Results also show that the polymer flooding scenario has higher oil recovery in comparison to other displacement methods such as natural depletion and water flooding.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062116300393Enhanced oil recoveryPolymer floodingOptimum polymer concentrationNano claySand packs |
| spellingShingle | Mehdi Mohammad Salehi Abdolvahid Hekmatzadeh Valy Ahmad Sajjadian Mohammad Masoumi Simulation of polymer flooding in one of the Iranian oil fields Egyptian Journal of Petroleum Enhanced oil recovery Polymer flooding Optimum polymer concentration Nano clay Sand packs |
| title | Simulation of polymer flooding in one of the Iranian oil fields |
| title_full | Simulation of polymer flooding in one of the Iranian oil fields |
| title_fullStr | Simulation of polymer flooding in one of the Iranian oil fields |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simulation of polymer flooding in one of the Iranian oil fields |
| title_short | Simulation of polymer flooding in one of the Iranian oil fields |
| title_sort | simulation of polymer flooding in one of the iranian oil fields |
| topic | Enhanced oil recovery Polymer flooding Optimum polymer concentration Nano clay Sand packs |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062116300393 |
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